This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets you use Claude Desktop to interact with your task management data in Things app. You can ask Claude to create tasks, analyze projects, help manage…
Things MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the excelsier/things-fastmcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets you use Claude Desktop to interact with your task management data in Things app. You can ask Claude…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get-inbox | Get todos from Inbox |
| get-today | Get todos due today |
| get-upcoming | Get upcoming todos |
| get-anytime | Get todos from Anytime list |
| get-someday | Get todos from Someday list |
| get-logbook | Get completed todos |
| get-trash | Get trashed todos |
| get-todos | Get todos, optionally filtered by project |
| get-projects | Get all projects |
| get-areas | Get all areas |
| get-tags | Get all tags |
| get-tagged-items | Get items with a specific tag |
| search-todos | Simple search by title/notes |
| search-advanced | Advanced search with multiple filters |
| get-recent | Get recently created items |
| add-todo | Create a new todo with full parameter support |
| add-project | Create a new project with tags and todos |
| update-todo | Update an existing todo |
| update-project | Update an existing project |
| delete-todo | Delete a todo (moves to trash) |
| delete-project | Delete a project (moves to trash) |
| show-item | Show a specific item or list in Things |
| search-items | Search for items in Things |
| project_uuid | optional) - Filter todos by project |
| include_items | optional, default: false) - Include contained items |
| status | Filter by status (incomplete/completed/canceled) |
| start_date | Filter by start date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| deadline | optional) - New deadline |
| tag | Filter by tag |
| area | Filter by area UUID |
| period | Time period (e.g., '3d', '1w', '2m', '1y') |
| title | optional) - New title |
| notes | optional) - New notes |
| when | optional) - New schedule |
| tags | optional) - New tags |
| heading | optional) - Heading to add under |
| checklist_items | optional) - Checklist items to add |
| id | ID of item to show, or one of: inbox, today, upcoming, anytime, someday, logbook |
| completed | optional) - Mark as completed |
| canceled | optional) - Mark as canceled |
| todos | optional) - Initial todos to create in the project |
| query | optional) - Optional query to filter by |
| filter_tags | optional) - Optional tags to filter by |
{
"mcpServers": {
"things": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/things-mcp",
"run",
"things_server.py"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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